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Ernest Hightower

61 years old · died October 6, 2021 · Northern Nevada Correctional Center, Carson City County, Nevada

Ernest Hightower died on October 6, 2021, at Northern Nevada Correctional Center, in the custody of the Nevada Department of Corrections. Ernest Hightower was 61 years old. The department's list does not give a cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Nevada Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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